Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Computer Aided Control System Design

PI和John Doyle的电气工程小组之间的跨学科努力已经导致了一些杰出的控制算法和真正可用的软件的开发。这笔赠款的资金用于升级PI的计算机设施，为他和他的学生提供一个SUN微型计算机系统，包括一个文件服务器和两个工作站，以促进该领域的进一步发展。受益于新设备的具体项目将包括a)分析和综合非线性闭环系统的鲁棒多变量控制系统，该系统通常在一组的交叉点上运行复杂的约束。研究的系统包括复杂的蒸馏配置和填充床反应器。b)通过带有分布式处理器的计算机进行在线优化。PI将能够为“宇宙立方体”（包含64个以布尔立方体形式连接的处理器）的开发做出贡献，并正在使用它来研究天然气输送管道的最佳压缩机操作。c)开发用户友好的鲁棒控制系统设计专家系统。PI和他的同事已经开发了一些软件，但这需要用户的专业知识。进一步的研究将使实践工程师能够使用该软件。

A crossdisciplinary effort between the PI and John Doyle's group in electrical engineering has resulted in the development of some outstanding control algorithms and real usable software. Funds provided in this grant are to upgrade the PI's computer facilities to foster further developments in this area by providing him and his students a SUN microcomputer system including a file server and two workstations. The specific projects to benefit from the new equipment will include a) Analysis and synthesis of robust multivariable control systems for nonlinear closed loop systems often operated at the intersection of a set of complex constraints. Systems studied include complex distillation configurations and packed bed reactors. b) On-line optimization via computers with distribute processors. The PI will be able to contribute to the development of the "cosmic cube" (which involves 64 processors connected in the form of a Boolean cube) and is using it to study the optimal compressor operation of gas transmission pipelines. c) Development of a user-friendly expert system for robust control system design. The PI and his co-workers have already developed some software but it requires expertise on the part of the user. Further research will enable practicing engineers to use this software.